Principal Solutions Architect – Lead

🕒 June 12

🇺🇸 United States – Remote

💵 $140k - $170k / year

⏰ Full Time

🟠 Senior

💻 Solutions Engineer

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Agile Defense

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501 - 1000 employees

🏛️ Government

🔒 Cybersecurity

🎖️ Defense

Government • Cybersecurity • Defense

Agile Defense is a company at the forefront of innovation, dedicated to providing advanced capabilities and tailored solutions for critical national security and civilian missions. With a focus on digital transformation, data analytics, and cybersecurity, Agile Defense is instrumental in safeguarding sensitive assets. The company leverages a data-driven approach to deliver insights that enhance mission operations and accelerate decision-making processes. Agile Defense operates globally, with a strong presence across North America, Europe, Asia, and the Middle East, supporting a wide range of client missions. The company is committed to exploring new ideas and technologies, fostering a culture of innovation to advance their services continuously.

📋 Description

• Define and maintain the overall system architecture and technical roadmap for software solutions. • Lead architectural design activities across desktop applications, backend services, data processing systems, and integrations. • Establish engineering standards, design patterns, and technical governance processes. • Evaluate technology stacks, frameworks, and third-party solutions to ensure alignment with project objectives. • Provide technical leadership and mentorship to engineering teams throughout the software development lifecycle. • Collaborate with project leadership and stakeholders to translate business requirements into scalable technical solutions. • Review and approve significant architectural decisions, system designs, and implementation approaches. • Identify technical risks and develop mitigation strategies early in the development lifecycle. • Support solution decomposition, backlog planning, and technical estimation activities. • Guide system performance, scalability, security, and maintainability efforts. • Ensure architectural consistency across multiple teams and workstreams. • Participate in technical reviews, design reviews, and major milestone demonstrations.

🎯 Requirements

• Typically has a Bachelor's or masters degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related field, and 10+ years of experience, or equivalent relevant work experience; e.g., each year of work experience may be substituted for each year of education required. • 10+ years of professional software engineering experience. • 5+ years of experience in solution architecture, technical leadership, or principal engineering roles. • Experience designing and delivering complex enterprise software systems. • Strong expertise in modern software architecture patterns including client-server, service-oriented, microservices, API-driven, and event-driven architectures. • Experience designing and supporting thick client desktop applications, including Electron or comparable desktop application frameworks. • Strong understanding of backend technologies such as Java, Python, C#/.NET, or Node.js. • Experience with relational and NoSQL databases, data modeling, and integration architectures. • Strong understanding of software security principles and secure application design. • Experience operating within Agile software development environments. • Exceptional communication and stakeholder engagement skills.